Star profile
49 Librae
What is 49 Librae
49 Librae shines with F-type yellowish light some 115 light-years away, a notable nearness within the Scales. At magnitude 5.47 it lies at the edge of unaided visibility, set in a constellation that Roman antiquity carved from the claws of Scorpius. Today it keeps its quiet place in that region of sky where the symbolic balance of judgement is translated into faint, scattered stars.
Where it is and when to see it
49 Librae lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for 49 Librae
- Constellation
- Libra
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.47
- Distance
- 114.9 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 240.082° · Dec -16.533°
- Catalogue
- HIP 78400 · HD 143333
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Other stars in Libra
Libra has 49 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- ZubeneschamaliBeta Librae2.61
- ZubenelgenubiAlpha 2 Librae2.75
- BrachiumSigma Librae3.25
- HIP 704695.34
- 41 Librae5.36
- Eta Librae5.41
- Xi 2 Librae5.48
- HIP 761065.50